Carole Theriault

Carole is a technology, information security and privacy writer and commentator. She founded U.K. firm Tick Tock Social in 2011 to provide IT communications expertise and services to organizations around the world.

Carole is also co-host of the popular Smashing Security podcast, discussing the latest cybersecurity SNAFUs. Available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify...if you like it, please review it!

Money launderers seem to be ramping up their use of a favorite strategy to clean their illegal funds — paying a small fee to a bank account holder to simply receive and send money transfers. And these so-called money mules are starting young.

Despite its popularity — or perhaps because of it — the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been at the front lines of many of the issues plaguing the cryptocurrency market. Its new e-money license in the U.K. could go a long way to easing some of those pains.

It's no surprise that London topped the chart of "Cashless Capitals" in a recent study, considering its status as a major fintech hub of the U.K. But this wasn't enough to make it the country's contactless capital.

The U.K. government has committed to a 5G Urban Connected Communities Project for a city-wide trial of 5G wireless technology as part of the fourth phase of the government’s 5G strategy. This trial should spark substantial investment in new payments technology.